Top Alberobello & Locorotondo Cooking Classes

Immerse yourself in local culture as you prepare a traditional Italian meal under the guidance of a Cesarina—an Italian certified home cook. Meet your host at their home in Alberobello, get hands-on in the kitchen as you make three typical dishes, and pick up tips and techniques to help you recreate them back home. Finally, join your host for a delicious lunch or dinner, accompanied by carefully matched wines.

This experience is special because it combines manual skills, tradition and conviviality in an authentic Apulian context. Travellers are not just spectators, but actively participate in the preparation of orecchiette and focaccia, learning techniques handed down for generations. The atmosphere is informal and welcoming, designed to make everyone feel at home, sharing the pleasure of cooking together. Each moment becomes an opportunity for cultural exchange, between local stories, ancient gestures and genuine flavors of the Apulian tradition.

More than a cooking class: a journey into Apulian cuisine between art, stories and seasonality, led DAti by a local designer in an artist’s house in the heart of Monopoli. Here you cook with your hands, heart and respect for the land, using fresh and sustainable ingredients, in an intimate and authentic atmosphere. For those looking for authentic flavors!

Discover the essence of Italian viticulture with the Iconica Wine Experience in Alberobello. Over the course of an hour and a half, you'll explore the fascinating winemaking process by visiting a historic wine museum, packed with ancient agricultural tools and an extensive photo exhibition. You will conclude your trip with a tasting of three fine wines, selected specifically to enhance the unique flavors of the region. Guided by experts in the field, this experience offers a deep immersion in Puglia's wine traditions, making it the perfect excursion for all wine lovers.

Led by your private professional chef, this hands-on experience will introduce you to the authentic flavors, techniques, and traditions of Southern Italian cooking. Using fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients, you’ll learn how to prepare classic regional dishes while discovering the secrets behind Apulia’s famous food culture.

Indulge in a Typical Apulian Cooking Class and Dinner centered on fish. Discover the secret behind the famous "tiedd'" dish from Bari, a delectable blend of rice, potatoes, and mussels. Experience an evening of culinary delight as you learn to prepare this signature Apulian recipe using locally sourced, fresh ingredients before enjoying a memorable dinner al fresco in the charming courtyard beneath the starlit sky of Monopoli.

Italy has a vast and varied culinary heritage, and our local hosts are proud to share its hidden secrets. Share your passion for Italian gastronomy with other lovely guests, immerse yourself in the vibrant local market and enjoy an authentic hands-on cooking class. You'll visit the local market with your Cesarina host, who will teach you all about how to select the best ingredients with the seasons. Then, you'll return to their home, warm up with an Italian Aperitivo and enjoy the class. You'll learn how to make one iconic Pasta type, typical of the city you are visiting, and the famous Tiramisu. After the class, you will enjoy everything you've prepared with local wines. This experience is the perfect choice if you want to encounter the real Italian regional gastronomy through genuine connections, food, and friendship.

Eat like an Alberobello local with this private market tour and cooking class. Shop for fresh, seasonal ingredients side-by-side with a guide, navigating a vibrant market like a pro. Then, step inside a local home to prepare three regional dishes—no cooking experience needed. Taste your creations paired with wines at the end of the class.

Share your passion for Italian gastronomy with other travelers, and enjoy an authentic hands-on cooking class in Alberobello. Visit the vibrant local market with your host, who will teach you how to select the best ingredients based on the seasons. Then, learn how to make a type of pasta and classic tiramisu. Discover regional Italian gastronomy and enjoy the meal with local wines.

Take home more than just souvenirs from Fasano; instead, learn transferable Italian cooking skills that will last a lifetime, during an intimate, private cooking class with a local resident. In the comfort of a family home—where you’ll get a real insight into Italian life that few travelers get the chance to experience—prepare three regional dishes, before dining with your host family.

The activity consists of an interactive cooking class where we will prepare a typical Apulian lunch together. We will provide you with an apron each and all the utensils to get your hands in the dough and learn every step and secret of our traditional recipes. Together with my husband Stefano we open the doors of our country house to teach you the Apulian cooking techniques that you can easily replicate at home. We will learn together to select the ingredients of our land according to the season, and while preparing the dishes we will tell you their history and that of typical products and local traditions. Afterwards we will enjoy lunch or dinner with a starter and concluding with a dessert, the classic tiramisu that we will prepare together. It will be an experience that you will carry with you forever, through which we want to transmit our passion for slow living, good food, nature and the products that every day offers us. We are waiting for you

The wine tasting at the farm is an unforgettable experience that combines the tasting of fine wines with immersion in a rural landscape steeped in history and traditions. Puglia, with its sunny climate, fertile soils and ancient winemaking techniques, is famous for high quality wines. Participating in a tasting in these lands means discovering a selection of native labels guided by experienced sommeliers and the producers themselves. It is not just a matter of tasting excellent wines, but of listening to stories and curiosities related to the local wine culture, living an authentic sensory experience between taste, tradition and breathtaking landscapes.

The cooking classes are organized by Linda Di Somma, a private chef of Apulian origin with international experience. The lessons, held in multiple languages, are designed to unite people from all over the world, in the name of sharing and love for good food. Only fresh and high quality ingredients, carefully selected, to prepare together authentic dishes of the local tradition.What makes this experience truly special is the genuine contact with Apulian gastronomic culture, lived in an intimate and cared for atmosphere. It’s not just a cooking class, but a sensory and human journey: you make dough with your hands, prepare Orecchiette and Cavatelli following the gestures of your grandmothers and at the end, you sit down at the table with the other guests — just like in a real Southern Italian family. All accompanied by local wine, traditional desserts and a musical selection from the 60s–70s that makes the experience even more convivial, authentic and unforgettable.

Break up your day of sightseeing among Alberobello’s “trulli” and connect with Puglia’s food scene with this unique home cooking class. Meet your host and get to work in the kitchen preparing authentic pizza and tiramisù from scratch, picking up tips and techniques to improve your cooking skills. Then sample the dishes that you’ve prepared, served with regional wine.

Join a hands-on Apulian cooking experience in a historic Monopoli home. Make cavatelli, stuffed pasta, and tiramisu while savoring local flavors, fresh ingredients, and shared culinary joy

Take some time out from sightseeing in Puglia and hone your kitchen skills by learning to make two crowd-pleasing dishes in one class. Join a local host for a hands-on workshop and pick up the tricks and techniques to turning out perfect fresh pasta and creamy tiramisù like a true Italian “nonna”. Relax after the class with a tasting of your handiwork, paired with Puglian wines.

Learn how to cook authentic Italian pasta from scratch in the real home of a Fasano local. This cookery experience takes place in the kitchen of an excellent local cook. Follow their guidance and prepare a meal followed by traditional tiramisu, then taste the dishes for yourself around the family table, along with a glass or two of locally-made wine.

Enjoy an authentic Apulian culinary experience: make handmade orecchiette and cavatelli and savor a full dinner with traditional products, local wines, dessert, coffee, and limoncello.

Immerse yourself in a private pasta and tiramisu-making class at the Cesarina's home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a glass of local wine. During the lesson the Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of 2 authentic regional pasta recipes and of the iconic tiramisu. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. Each participant will have a workstation equipped with utensils and all the ingredients to make the dishes. Then, taste everything you have prepared accompanied by a selection of red and white local wines. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.